It's National Cheeseburger Day! Where Will You Go to Celebrate in Wilmington?

By BROOKLYN LOWERY (Patch Staff)

It only comes once a year, so hopefully you skipped breakfast and plan to celebrate.

Sept. 18 is National Cheeseburger Day; get out there and enjoy. (Not that you need an excuse for a great burger on a Friday).

According to Wikipedia, some genius decided to begin adding cheese to burgers in the 1920s or 30s, though there is debate as to who did it first.

A popular theory, according to Wikipedia, is that 16-year-old Lionel Sternberger was working in his dad’s restaurant, The Rite Spot, in 1926 in Pasadena, Calif., when he decided to experiment by dropping a slab of American cheese on a hot hamburger. It wasn’t until 1935, however, that a trademark for the name “cheeseburger” was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Col.

We say, “Thank you, Cheeseburger Pioneers, whoever you are.”

A few national chains are offering deals for National Cheeseburger Day, including:

• McDonald’s locations in western Massachusetts and Connecticut are offering $.69 cheeseburgers today.

• Burger King locations offer a deal on Fridays (not just National Cheeseburger Day) that offers you two sandwiches for $5 if you download the BK app.

But what about closer to home? Where’s the best place to grab a cheeseburger in Wilmington?